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Photograph of the Lower Valley School baseball team posing with a trophy. In the back row are Alfred Seiler, Amada Frias, Harvey Seiler, Paul Gleilz and Roland Mueller. In the front row are James Stolte, Melvin Katt, Mr. Watts and Franklin Shotie.

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Photograph of Lower Valley School students in costume for an end of school year play. The play is "He Couldn't Take It." They are sitting on couches and chairs on the porch of the teacherage building.

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Certificate of award for perfect attendance presented to Dorothy Katt, a student at Lower Valley School. The certificate has a picture of a ship on the left. It is signed by teacher Maxine Watts and Max Weinert.

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Certificate of Promotion presented to Dorothy Anna Katt for promotion from elementary school to high school. There is a gold, metallic sticker in the upper right corner. The certificate is signed by Lower Valley School teachers Maxine and Lutrell Watts, as well as Max Weinert and Richard H. Wiederstein.

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Photograph of Lower Valley School students in costume for a Christmas play. One student to the right is dressed as Santa Claus. In the center are five girls in light-colored dresses. The girl in the middle is wearing wings and a crown.

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Photograph of the younger students at Lower Valley School performing in a school Christmas play in a classroom. Adults and other children are sitting in the desks. There is a Christmas tree to the right.

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Photograph of Lower Valley School students in costume for a Christmas play. One student to the right is dressed as Santa Claus. In the center are five girls in light-colored dresses. The girl in the middle is wearing wings and a crown.

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Photograph of Lower Valley School students with Mr. Watts during an Easter picnic. The students are posed in three rows. The younger students are in the front row. Mr. Watts is standing to the left.

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Photograph of the younger class of Lower Valley School in costume for a school play. The children are posed behind large umbrellas. They are on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.

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Photograph of Lower Valley School students posing in two rows on the porch of the teacherage building during an end-of-year play. This porch served as a stage for school plays. In the back row, from left to right, are Lutrell Watts, teacher and director of the play, Frances (Stapper) Rheinlander, Roland Mueller, Naomi Faye (Snoddy) Blacklock, Alfred Seiler, Jr. and Sylvia (Katt) Seiler. In the front row, from left to right, are Oliver Grabe, Jr., Margie (Katt) McCoy, Dorothy (Katt) Attkisson, Verna Lee (Gerth) Beautnagel, Marlene (Schmoekel) Friesenhahn and Marilyn (Friesenhahn) DeWinne.

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Photograph of students posing outside the teacherage building at Lower Valley School during the end-of-school play. The back porch of this building was used as a stage. In the top row are Mrs. Watts, Naomi Faye Snoddy, Viola May Katt, Roland Mueller, Cleven Englehardt and Harvey Seiler. Kneeling are unknown, unknown, Vernell Schmoekel, Frias (fist name not given) and Andrew Friesenhahn. Sitting are unknown, Linda Carr, unknown, Steve Carr and Clayton Stolte.

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Photograph of ten Lower Valley Students on stage during the end of the year production of the play Six Little Mothers. Six girls are holding baby dolls and standing behind strollers. Four boys are standing to the right.

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Photograph of six Lower Valley School students in the end of school year play, Six Little Mothers. The students, all girls, are holding baby dolls. They each have a stroller. They are standing on the porch of a building.

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Photograph of six Lower Valley School students in costume for a school play. They are all girls and are wearing layered dresses. They each hold stick horses. They are standing on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.

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Photograph of eight young girls in an end of school year play. They are standing in a line on the porch of the teacherage building at Lower Valley School. They are holding baskets and are wearing crepe paper dresses. From left to right, the girls are Melba (Katt) McCullough, Frances (Stapper) Rheinlander, Cecelia Mueller, unknown, unknown, unknown, Gloria Seiler and Dorothy (Katt) Attkisson.

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